Mastodawn

You can remove anything starting with the question mark up to the end of a #URL in most cases. (Not all. Examples follow.)

Long URLs are truncated in #Mastodon posts, so it can be hard to see what's at the end.

You can right click (desktop) or long press (mobile) for a context menu & select "Copy URL." Then paste it into an editor & remove the tracking params from the end.

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I'm always shocked at how many people don't know this. People send me links with the tracking UTM still in it all the time.

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Darth Hideout 🏳️‍🌈

@mattmaison

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I see posts go by about this & boost, but it keeps on.

All day I've been copying any truncated link into an editor before opening or boosting & finding lots of hidden surprises.

So here we are. lol